A winter storm that covered parts of the East Coast and the South in snow and ice will continue to push offshore Saturday.
A few winter alerts remained in effect for the central Appalachians, with scattered snow showers persisting in parts of northern New England, through Saturday afternoon. An additional dusting of snow of up to 2 inches was possible in those regions.
A clipper system was expected to cross the Great Lakes on Saturday night and Sunday, bringing scattered snow showers to regions of South and North Dakota to Michigan. The system was expected to bring a dusting of up to 3 inches across the Upper Midwest, with higher localized amounts above 5 inches for parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, said a few developing areas of flurries to light showers were expected throughout the day. Accumulations would mostly be light, the weather service said, but it cautioned that “temporary reductions in visibility will be possible through the early afternoon.”
Across parts of the South and the Southeast, temperatures will stay 10 to 20 degrees below average, with highs maxing out in the 30s to 50s. Conditions are expected to remain relatively cool by Sunday, with highs of up to 15 degrees below average across much of the region.
Because of the frigid temperatures, 12 million people from the Southwest to the Southeast were under freeze alerts beginning Saturday night.
The harsh winter conditions delayed or canceled to more than 10,000 flights across the United States on Friday, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. As of Saturday afternoon, there were just over 4,000 delays within, into or out of the country and 845 cancellations.